Current Media's 'Vanguard' Investigates Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse in America With 'OxyContin Express'

Current Media's 'Vanguard' Investigates Pharmaceutical Drug Abuse in America With 'OxyContin Express'

Award-Winning Television Documentary Series Premieres Wednesday, October 14th at 10 P.M. ET/PT

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Current Media's "Vanguard" returns for its third season of hard-hitting global investigations on Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT. The new slate from the Emmy®-nominated original documentary series reveals the extraordinary stories behind some of the world's most important events.

"We at Vanguard believe that journalists have the responsibility to shine a light in dark places," said Laura Ling, Vice President of Current Media's "Vanguard." "Trying to expose these situations can be risky, emotional and complicated. But leaving such issues ignored can be even more detrimental to us as a society."

Ling, and her colleague Euna Lee, were recently released from captivity in North Korea after being arrested along the China-North Korea border while investigating a story for "Vanguard" on the human trafficking of North Korean women.

"Vanguard's" new season premieres with "The OxyContin Express," an expose on the pervasive abuse of a prescription medication once considered a miracle cure against the debilitating effects of chronic pain. Armed with a hidden camera, "Vanguard" correspondent Mariana van Zeller discovers that many of her fellow patients in a pain clinic in Ft. Lauderdale have driven 18 hours and nearly a thousand miles to see a more-than-willing doctor who will prescribe them drugs.

Additional episodes from "Vanguard" season three include reports on the discovery of modern terrorism's roots in Sri Lanka, an insider's perspective on the future of automated warfare and the surprising cause of an environmental calamity in Cambodia.

For more information about "Vanguard," please visit www.current.com/vanguard

About Current Media

Current Media is an award-winning multiplatform company dedicated to the in-depth investigation and exploration of the world's most important, interesting, and entertaining stories. With a fully integrated broadcast and online platform, Current connects its audience with what's going on in their world through its unique blend of original productions and viewer created media.

Current is now viewed in the U.S., U.K., Italy and Ireland in more than 65 million households through distribution partners Comcast (Channel 107 nationwide), Time Warner (nationwide), DirecTV (channel 358 nationwide), Dish Network (channel 196 nationwide), Verizon, AT&T, BSkyB (channel 183), Virgin Media (channel 155) and Sky Italia (channel 130).

More information is available at http://www.current.com/.

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